inartificial

/ ˌɪnɑːtɪˈfɪʃəl /

adjective

1. not artificial; real; natural
2. inartistic

Derived Forms

• ˌinartiˈficially, adverb

Example Sentences

Of Emily, who died in 1848 at the age of 30 after publishing her sole novel “Wuthering Heights,” Charlotte wrote, “In Emily’s nature the extremes of vigour and simplicity seemed to meet. Under an unsophisticated culture, inartificial tastes, and an unpretending outside, lay a secret power and fire that might have informed the brain and kindled the veins of a hero; but she had no worldly wisdom; her powers were unadapted to the practical business of life … .”

From Seattle Times

Yet when Wilson arrived at the White House, in 1913, he tried to improvise the “straightforward, inartificial party government” he had championed.

From The New Yorker

He had been so long palled with the attentions of managing mothers and designing daughters; had seen so much of female manoeuvring, and had so easily seen through it, that the natural and inartificial loveliness of Charlotte touched his senses with a freshness of delicacy that to him was as captivating as it was novel.

From Project Gutenberg

Inartificial, in-�rt-i-fish′yal, adj. not done by art: simple.—adv.

From Project Gutenberg

He seems to find a welcome relief in their inartificial ways from his own weird and sombre fancies.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• easy
• genuine
• instinctive
• real
• simple